Window-shade holder



M. KEITH WINDOW SHADE HOLDER Feb. 26, 1929.

Filed Jan. 30, 1928 Patented Feb. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES MARION KEITH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WINDOW-SHADE HOLDER.

Application filed January 30, 1928. Serial No. 250,427.

My invention relates to improvements in window shade holders, and has for its primary object a holder which is designed to hold window shades in a down position and retain them against accidental rolling up.

A further object is to construct a. window shade holder which will not only hold a window' shade in down position but will also hold it from the window frame so that when windows are opened the slapping back and forth of the shade due to air entering and passing through the open windows will be eliminated. By my construction it is possible to pull a window shade down completely and hold it in such a manner that not only will disturbing noises caused by the window shade moving backward and forward as air enters and passes from the room be eliminated, but at the same time by my peculiar manner of holding the shade away from the window fra1ne,I obviate the cracking and roughing up of the edges of the shade due to this suction.

My device is especially useful in apartments for court rooms, and also for rooms into which pedestrians, or people from opposite rooms, can see because'by holding down the shade with my device I can get full ventilation with open windows but at the same time prevent the shade from being blown into the room thereby making my device especially useful while dressing.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is perspective view shade holder Fi g. 2 is a plan view of a window with the shade pulled down and attached to my device;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the retaining strip made use of; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmental perspective of the lower edge of a window shade when a ring is employed.

In the construction of my device I employ a strip of sheet metal which is preferably of spring material so that it will not easily lose of my improved its shape or become deformed.

This strip is provided with a bot-tom portion 6 which is of a predetermined length. The portion 6 has formed integral with one end thereof an upwardly extending portion 7. This upwardly extending portion is then bent forward substantially parallel to the portion 6 as indicated by the numeral 8. The strip is then provided with an upwardly extending portion 9 which is substantially at right angles to the portion 8. Thence, it is again bent at substantially right angles forming the arm 10, which arm extends in a direction substantially parallel to the portions 6 and 8. The forward portion 11 is again bent downwardly substantially at right angles to the portion 10.

The portion 11 is provided on o posite edges with recesses 12, the purpose 0 which will be explained in. detail later,and on its lower end with a depending tongue 13. This tongue is preferably bent backward as indicated and is designed to receive the ring 1 1 when the shade is provided with a ring.

15 represents a window frame in which are mounted windows 16 and 17, being the upper and lower windows, respectively. 18 represents the ordinary spring shade roller which is carried by brackets 19. The shade roller 18 carries a shade 20 of any flexible material.

The shade 20 is provided at its lower end with the usual stiffening bar 21, which is provided with an opening 22 in which a cord 23 is secured. If desired, the ring 14 may be attached in the stiffening rib or bar 21, this being optional with the manufacturer of the shade 24-. represents the window sill on the inside of the room and if no weather strips are present, I employ the retaining strip 25. This strip 1s provided with openings 26 through which suitable fastening means, such as screws, or the like, are passed into the window sill. The screws are left slightly loose, however, so that the portion 6 can be slipped under the retaining strip. In the event that ordinary wooden weather strips are used along the window sill the retaining strip is omitted, since the port-ion 6 can be slipped underneath the weather strip.

After the holder has been properly inserted. into either under the retaining strip 25 or under an existing wooden weather strip, the shade is pulled down to its lowest extent and the cord 23 wrapped around the depending portion 11. In doing this the cord will naturally pass into the recesses 12. After a certain number of wrapshave been taken, the cord is tied in any well known manner to prevent it from accidentally loosening. In this way the lower edge of the shade will. be held out at a considerable distance from the window frame and due to the action of the spring in the shade roller, it will be held taut enough to prevent any suction of air passing outward from the room from slapping the shade up against the window and from drawing its edges into the Window frame causing a cracking of the shade.

It will also prevent the shade from blowing out into the room but at the same time will not in any way restrict perfect ventilation for the reason that air passing through the open windows can readily pass into the room along the edges of the shade. In this way all flapping of the shade caused by air entering the room is eliminated, and all slapping against the window when a suction takes place is eliminated. Furthermore the breaking or cracking of the edges due to said suction is also obviated, and in fact a' great deal of the noise due to a window shade slapping back and forth under the influence of air passing into and out of an open window is eliminated.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is A window shade holder composed of a strip of sheet metal and having a bottom portion, an u 'jwardly extending portion formed integral therewith, a forwardly extending portion iiltegral with said upwardly eXtendin portion and located above and parallel to a? bottom portion, an upwardly extending portion integral with said forwardly extending Mi-LRION KEITH. 

